Morelia, Michoacan - 24 bodies Found in the Coeneo Grave; Many Dismembered or Beheaded

There are 24 bodies that were in a state of decomposition in the clandestine grave in Coeneo, Michoacán, the prosecutor Adrian López Zolís reported this morning.

After the acts of investigation, the head of the State Attorney General's Office explained that, last Friday, in Pátzcuaro a criminal cell was dismantled to which weapons of exclusive use of the army were secured. The fact allowed information to be obtained that a property located in the community of Comanja, municipality of Coeneo was used for clandestine burials.

Therefore, a search warrant was requested. Last Tuesday, agents of the public prosecutor's office, assisted by the expert services and crime scene personnel, as well as agents of the Investigation Police, moved to the building, located at the exit of Santiago Azajo, said the prosecutor.

He said that it’s a construction in black work, delimited by a wall fence.

In the green and open sky area, several points of earth were removed, which, when inspected, found a total of 24 bodies in a state of decomposition, several of them dismembered. ”

The bodies were transferred to the Forensic Medical Service, where necropsy tasks are performed and studies in the field of genetic chemistry, forensic anthropology, among others, are being carried out for the integration of the basic identification form.

The majority of the victims, among which are five women, were between 20 and 40 years old, some have neck wounds from sharp objects and others were beheaded. ”

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López Solís said that tasks are being done to see if there is a coincidence between the bodies found and people reported as missing.

It’s worth mentioning that, in relation to this finding, the Unit Specialized in Investigation and Persecution of Murder Homicide already has solid and forceful data to continue working with the investigations and manage to present those responsible to the court to answer for these facts , said.

He confirmed that a Ford truck, a Chevrolet car, a Honda truck, a GMC truck and a Toyota were located; which have reports of robbery with violence in events that occurred in the months of January, November and December in the municipalities of Quiroga, and Purepero.


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